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The next phase of tokenization is utility
The following is a guest post and opinion from Vincent Maliepaard, VP of Marketing at Sentora. Tokenized funds have stopped being a novelty. Tokenized US Treasury funds alone now hold roughly $16 billion in distributed value and the list of issuers includes most of the largest na…
Treasury Steps In, Bitcoin Wakes Up, and More – Week In Review
This week’s stories centered on liquidity, regulation, and signs of a possible market turn. Scott Bessent moved to expand Treasury buybacks as long-term yields came under pressure, while bitcoin surged toward $70,000 in a $1.3 billion short squeeze. Trump’s Hyperliquid comments s…
Crypto Market Surge: $500B Added as Market Cap Hits $2.74T
Following a U.S. Treasury bond buyback announcement and supportive White House discussions under the Trump administration, the global crypto market cap surged by $500 billion to peak near $2.74 trillion, its highest level since May. Bitcoin Trims Year-to-Date Drawdown After a slu…
Wall Street just poured nearly $90 million into altcoins as XRP, SOL and HYPE rip higher
US-listed crypto exchange-traded funds outside Bitcoin and Ethereum drew nearly $90 million last week. Investors followed a sharp market rally into XRP, Solana, Chainlink and Hyperliquid. XRP products led the group with $39.78 million of net inflows in the week ended Aug. 21, the…
DeFi lending protocol Term Finance loses an estimated $8.5 million to governance exploit
Term vault proposals face a seven-day delay and can be vetoed by liquidity providers, yet those controls apparently did not stop the exploit.
Ripple CEO Says Crypto Rules Near Finish After White House Meeting
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says U.S. crypto regulation is approaching a decisive point after White House and CFTC meetings. His assessment connects current momentum with a seven-year campaign for clear federal market rules. Garlinghouse Sees White House Shift on Crypto Ripple C…
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs just had their biggest week of 2026 as crypto exploded higher
US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded their strongest inflow week of 2026 as a sharp crypto rally pulled investors back into funds that had struggled to attract sustained demand for much of the year. Bitcoin ETFs drew $1.918 billion in the five trading sessions through Aug. …
Schiff: AI Is Not Bullish for Bitcoin
Peter Schiff has warned that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence could pose a threat to Bitcoin.
Peter Schiff Says AI Could Turn Into Bitcoin’s Biggest Threat
American economist Peter Schiff is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could become a threat to the leading crypto asset bitcoin. Schiff further argued that the two technologies compete for money, electricity and infrastructure, while increasingly powerful AI could potentia…
Bitcoin Core considers dropping encrypted routing support as poor node health exposes users to eclipse attacks
The 32.x warning and 33.x removal sequence remains a proposal as maintainers test whether sparse fallback routes add resilience. The post Bitcoin Core considers dropping encrypted routing support as poor node health exposes users to eclipse attacks appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Regulation Crypto is here: State of Crypto
The SEC published its Reg Crypto proposal last week, giving the public 60 days to comment.
Bitcoin miner IPO demands 99.8% of funds from public buyers while handing them just 10% equity
The preliminary S-1 compares $30,000,005 from new investors with $45,000 from existing holders and leaves buyers immediately diluted. The post Bitcoin miner IPO demands 99.8% of funds from public buyers while handing them just 10% equity appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bitcoin Mining Hits a Crossroads as Difficulty Hovers Near the Floor
Yesterday, at block height 963648, Bitcoin logged its 17th difficulty adjustment of 2026, and the numbers tell a brutal story. This has not been a year of steady hashrate expansion. It has been a grind of miner capitulation, sharp rebounds and repeated failures to make those reco…
Tether’s $120 million Uruguay bitcoin mining project collapsed over a power contract dispute: Reuters
UTE cut power to Tether's mining sites in July 2025 after Tether representatives did not attend the signing of a revised contract, per the report.
Pakistan gives crypto platforms a September 5 deadline to comply or leave
Covered nonfilers must cease affected services, but the rules do not prescribe a universal customer exit sequence. The post Pakistan gives crypto platforms a September 5 deadline to comply or leave appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Michael Saylor Defines Bitcoin’s ‘Most Profound Breakthrough’
Michael Saylor says bitcoin’s defining advance is converting economic energy into digitally controlled value for people, companies, machines, and nations. His own company, Strategy Inc., sits on 840,447 BTC bought for $63.36 billion, and has been selling over the past few m…
63% of Religious Books on Amazon Are Likely AI-Written, Study Finds
Witchcraft books had the highest rate of likely AI-generated content at 78%, according to an Originality.ai analysis of more than 2,000 titles.
XRP on track for biggest weekly gain in 21 months as Treasury buyback spurs 'curve control' hopes
XRP’s price has surged by 50% this week, the best performance since November 2024. Here's what's driving the rally.
How a $20M crypto payout left a micro-cap firm with under $83K in usable cash reserves
The August 21 filing said 205,512.5 tokens remained unmonetized, with their receipt-date fair value still unresolved. The post How a $20M crypto payout left a micro-cap firm with under $83K in usable cash reserves appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Senator Seeks Trump Crypto Ban as 63% Call His Profits Inappropriate
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is demanding an enforceable ban on presidential crypto profits in market structure legislation. Her renewed push follows a new poll finding 63% of Americans consider Trump and his family’s crypto profits inappropriate. Gillibrand Makes Crypto Ethic…
Fed study finds crypto investors driven by beliefs, easily swayed by returns
A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study finds crypto investors hold sharply different views on returns and risk, while information about Bitcoin’s past gains can increase both desired allocations and actual crypto purchases.
39.23 Million SHIB Sent to Dead Wallets as Shiba Inu Burn Rate Rises
39.23 million SHIB was sent to dead wallets where they can no longer be accessed or spent, reducing Shiba Inu's circulating supply.
XRP Price Hides 723% Imbalance: Buying Rush Leaves $24 Million in Longs Exposed
Exchange data reveals a hidden 723% imbalance in the XRP market, putting $24 million in leveraged buy orders at risk.
Crypto card spending tops $1 billion as stablecoins move into everyday purchases
Tracked card volume more than tripled in a year, with USDC and USDT funding over 70% of spending as users increasingly paid for groceries, rides and subscriptions.
Robot Brains Could Have Their ‘ChatGPT Moment’ by 2027, ACE Robotics Chairman Says
The breakthrough could come from AI models that help robots understand and interact with the physical world, though widespread adoption may still be years away.
The US approved high-leverage Bitcoin trading while crypto founders remain legally blocked from raising funds
On May 29, the CFTC approved a Bitcoin perpetual contract for a regulated US exchange. Almost three months later, on Aug. 18, the SEC proposed a legal route through which crypto projects could someday raise money from the public under rules written for token networks. That's a pr…
Paul Sztorc’s Bitcoin Fork ECX Rips Past 25,000 Blocks in Just 13 Hours
Since Paul Sztorc’s ECX hard fork kicked off, more than 25,092 blocks have been mined during the Alpha phase, and block times have swung wildly. The network has already chewed through several difficulty adjustments, with some delivering massive upward jolts. ECX Blasts Through 25…
Bitcoin's True Purpose Revealed: Michael Saylor Explains Concept of Digital Energy
Michael Saylor gives Bitcoin a new definition, while MSTR stock swings to a $1.4 billion corporate profit from its crypto holdings.
Layer 1 network dilutes supply by 75% overnight to fund survival after main developer quits
The executed mint reduced the proposal’s pre-existing supply base to about 25.1% of its estimated post-mint total. The post Layer 1 network dilutes supply by 75% overnight to fund survival after main developer quits appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Digital Gold Stirs at Last – Week in Review
This week, bitcoin awoke from its slumber, springing out of bed. Going in, bitcoin volatility was as compressed as it has been in a decade, with BVOL 7D at 2.82, the sixth-lowest reading in ten years, described at the time as a “historically stretched elastic band.” Fidelity’s Ju…
New ATH for Solana: RWA Value Crosses $4 Billion
A defining industry trend has been the growth of RWAs, with Solana doubling its momentum.
Crypto’s next billion users might be AI agents, and they’re paying with stablecoins
According to Coinbase’s head of AI product, we’re currently in the “Napster/LimeWire era” of agentic payments.
Can Zcash Flip XRP? NYSE ETF Launch Boosts Privacy Coin to 8-Year Price Record
Zcash hits an 8-year high of $814 ahead of Grayscale’s August 25 ETF debut on NYSE Arca, sparking a massive community debate over flipping XRP.
Crypto treasury firm seeks 20B share ceiling and reverse splits after launching $300M stock offering
The proposals would set a 20 billion-share ceiling and grant three years of broad reverse-split authority. The post Crypto treasury firm seeks 20B share ceiling and reverse splits after launching $300M stock offering appeared first on CryptoSlate.
New Milestone for Shiba Inu (SHIB) in Japan: Meme Coin Enters Elite List of Just 6 Approved Cryptocurrencies
Shiba Inu (SHIB) joins an elite 6-asset lineup as Japan ends its 4-year crypto licensing freeze.
XRP Ledger Posts 150% Increase in Most User-Centered Metric out There
XRP Ledger is witnessing increase in one of the most representative metrics out there.
Stablecoin Depegs Explained: What Really Happens When a Digital Dollar Breaks the Buck
Stablecoins promise a constant $1, yet USDC has traded at $0.87, Tether’s USDT at $0.88, and Terra’s UST collapsed to virtually zero in a crash that erased roughly $40 billion. As recently as November 2025, a DeFi stablecoin called xUSD lost more than half its value i…
Kiyosaki: Educated Investors Buy Bitcoin
Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” has once again urged investors to buy Bitcoin.
As foreign investors dump $29 billion in Treasury bills, Washington pivots to stablecoin issuers to back US debt
Foreign investors sent a net $133.5 billion into US financial markets in June. During the same month, they sold $29 billion of Treasury bills. Those numbers describe two different tides in the same month. Most of the incoming money went into US stocks, while demand for government…
1.484 Billion Shiba Inu (SHIB) Set for Selling as Investors Turn Bearish
Shiba Inu could be set for a correction as investors turn into selling mode quicker than anticipated.